Celebrating Cheshire’s rich landscape
A new book exploring the rich landscape of Cheshire and its surrounding area has been published to coincide with a local history society’s landmark...
Iconic Settle Carlisle line reopens after more than a year
The Settle-Carlisle line reopened to train customers today after more than a year of repairs by Network Rail’s orange army engineers to a 500,000-tonne...
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival comes of age
Former Hacienda DJ Dave Haslam and Manchester DJ collective Disco Mums will be joining SImon Amstell, Kevin Rowland, George Monibot, Martin Parr, John Shuttleworth...
The future of jobs lies in the creative sector
The more creative your job, the less likely you are to be displaced by computers and robots in the future.
That is the finding of...
Lost and Found-Waterhouse’s Knutsford Town Hall is transformed
Alfred Waterhouse's Knutsford Town Hall has been turned into a Victorian-inspired hideaway About Manchester took a look.
Alfred Waterhouse, the designer of Manchester's Town Hall...
£400k boost for the North West’s coast
Grange over Sands Lido and the Pavillion theatre in Blackpool are amongst a number of projects in the North West whose future is...
A bizarre new species has arrived at Chester Zoo
The animals are called lowland steaked tenrecs and the new quartet are the only individuals of their kind to be found in any of...
Tussauds plays homage to Corrie’s Hilda on her fiftieth anniversary
One of the best-loved characters in the history of the small screen, Coronation Street’s busy body Hilda Ogden celebrates her 50th anniversary since bursting...
New visitor centre puts Rievaulx Abbey artefacts on display for the first time in...
Previously unseen artefacts have gone on display at Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire. A new museum and exhibition at the site form part of...
Spotted! A baby tapir born at Chester Zoo takes her first steps
Keepers at Chester Zoo have announced the arrival of a rare Brazilian tapir.
The female calf, which has not yet been named, was born early...